February 2025
BAYERN FAMILY
FC BAYERN IS DIFFERRMAL RENT TO NORT CLUBS. ITILY’ S A REAL FAMI
His home, says Sammy Kuffour, is Bayern. He returned to Ghana primarily for business reasons. knocked again:“ Tomorrow is the most important day of your life! The whole of Africa is behind you!“ Kuffour is still impressed today: When a character like that tells you something like that before a game, you‘ ll believe anything that person says, and he believes that German football needs those kind of characters again. The sun is fading and the last rays reflect off Kuffour‘ s pool, which is watched over by a statue of the Virgin Mary. When his youngest daughter drowned in 2003, FC Bayern organised a private jet for him within a few hours and the pilots waited for several days in Accra until Kuffour was ready to fly back to Munich. It was a tragedy they all suffered through in far-off Germany. It took a long time until“ Mama“ Potthoff‘ s tears dried, and Hoeneß, Rummenigge, Gerland and his teammates did everything they could to make life easier for their Sammy again. Kuffour relates this sad episode in brief terms,“ because I am happy that I have three children, and because this story shows that FC Bayern is different to other clubs. It‘ s a real family.“ The television on the terrace is now showing the Champions League; Juventus vs. Ajax. But Kuffour wants to take a shower first, his tie is scratchy and he bids us farewell. He takes the weißbier glass with the Bayern logo back into his house.
FC Bayern Magazine 105